My First Fan Video!!

[catch22girl]

Okay after talking about making a 24 fan video for...well months now I finally dl'd some software took a song and some eps and yes...made one. Once I started I couldn't stop.

This is kinda a very very very very early birthday present for Saffy whenever she comes back since she introduced me to this band.

It's a song called Apocalpyse Please by Muse. And I think it really fits the hotel arc. Actually, that's how she introduced it to me, like "This song is so season three!" But it is.

It comes in 2 yummy flavors: (From yousendit.com so DL now before it disappears!)

These are both .wmv format. (I think they play on Mac, not sure).

1) Low-bandwith (4 meg version): Hotel Arc video-low bandwith

2) High-bandwith (10 meg version): Hotel Arc video-high bandwith

Icon by _dreamoutloud_ that has nothing to do with video but the last time I did any kind of editing was in December so it does feel weird to be doing it again.

and yeah it's 9 am...maybe I should try sleeping.

Comments

[annakie.livejournal.com]

That was... orgasmic. Beautiful. Perfect. Incredible. Wow.

[catch22girl]

Thank you so much!!! And also again thanks for the pimping on your LJ -- I made the post public so people could see it.

[catch22girl]

Thank you! I realized when I was making it that there was so much plot and so much I had to cut out to make it fit the song (which went for another minute but that was all instrumental so I cut it). I actually really like the beginning too.

Re: Slightly OT

[catch22girl]

That's the song I have in the free text of my LJ - Time is Running Out. I don't think so. But a lot of songs really *do* fit. Even when you hear the songs/lyrics. www.azylrics.com has most of their songs.

[littlespoons.livejournal.com]

Dude. That was awesome. I'm usually wary of videos, but this was really, really good.

[catch22girl]

Aw, thank you so much! It just kind of made itself really (linear yay!)

[xandra73.livejournal.com]

*happy dance* This is great. Maybe I should not put the sleep icon in your face, when you do such wonderful things at night. :)

It turned out so great. Loved it. And I heared Muse for the first time. Opinion? Very good. I really should consider getting something on CD. :)

The whole clip is great. I loved the ending, when you jump between the Jack/Chappelle scenes to the hotel. Very well done. It's even more heartbreaking than in real. And I really mean that!

Would you tell me which program you used? If found two crappy ones so far. Both work, but I'm not sure how the end result will look like. :(

[catch22girl]

Actually I finished it around 9 am so that wasn't technically night...but still, yeah not healthy sleeping habits.

Muse is awesome! Blame Saffy. Thank you so much! Wow, that really does say something. I'll admit that I cried when I finished and I still can't *really* watch the Jack and Chappelle ending scene without flinching or closing my eyes.

I used Windows Movie Maker but it's only for XP.

[xandra73.livejournal.com]

Damn Movie Maker. I really should get XP. But for XP, I need a faster computer. :(

Anyway. Can I put the links on my message board? We have a topic to collect all music videos on the net. The people there would LOVE to see it. :)

[leontes.livejournal.com]

Sadly, one cannot view this *yet* on a Mac without downloading Windows Media Player (ew.) I don't like Windows Media because it makes you put in your password to install, so unnecessary. At least it doesn't hijack all the formats like it used to; Thank god for small miracles.

Usually you can view wmv files on a Mac using mplayer or vlc. I prefer mplayer, but vlc works too.

It's my testament to our friendship that I downloaded it anyway. Really loved to see all the Michelle bits together. Nice use of the parallel between Chappelle and the Virus. You may wish to edit the end to say Video Arrangement by Catch22girl since you know, you didn't shoot, direct or star in the original, and plagiarism is a bit of a soft spot for some these days.

Much fun. Thanks for the sharing.

[catch22girl]

We already had a discussion about the above - lol. But thank you! And wow...*feels *VERY* honored that you dl'd her video and dl'd software to play it*.

For the next one i'll probably put "fan video by"...but whatever.

[angelswings.livejournal.com]

Oh my god! That was incredible. I'm shaking! I swear, when Gael's nose started to bleed, I got chills. And the scene with Michelle giving Gael her gun? Jesus.

Very well done!

[catch22girl]

When you start with brilliant source material... :)

Thank you so much! Yeah...the music's a little powerful.

[labellamafia494.livejournal.com]

a bit late, but amazing video, babe! Your first? *blink*

[catch22girl]

Thank you so much!! Yeah, my first fan video. I've done a few video editing projects in the past for school but this is my first fan video.

[hwconundrum.livejournal.com]

[bounces]

I like it. :)

Unfortunately I can't listen to it at what I like to call 'optimum' volume (i.e. LOUD) right now because it's the wee small hours of the morning, but even at non-optimum volume it is good. :) Have to admit, it was a slightly weird experience for me because I'm used to music videos with incredibly fast turnover rates where individual clips last no more than 1-2 seconds but I appreciate that in this case that rate probably wasn't appropriate - partly because of the demands of the song, and partly because of the material available (multiple 22-episode seasons in comparison to four episodes, not all of which focused on the hotel storyline). Also a tricky one to do because of all the instrumental bits - I can see what you cut it short at the end.

Struck me as incredibly cool, though, the way you sort of merged the deaths at the hotel with the death of Chapelle - and I agree with xandra73 that it was 'worse' (or, you know, more gut-wrenching, or however you want to put it) than the show itself because it appeared to occur more suddenly in the video. Also... I can't really remember, because I've only watched it through once, but was the shot (when we see Chappelle fall over) timed to be simultaneous with a drumbeat or something from the song? Stupid as it sounds, I think that might be a contributory factor.

Or, possibly, I'm rambling like a crazy woman at 2am when I really should be sleeping. Either way, it's all good.

And I admit to squealing at the very end. Yes, I'm sad. ;)

[catch22girl]

So so so so so glad you liked it! Yeah, it didn't feel right to have it cut very fast because for some reason the music just didn't seem to go with that. Next one will be fast I'm sure ;)

Well you told me that the song is about a "personal" end of the world so I wanted to include that kind of personal "this is the end of my world" feeling and then kind of contrasted Jack and Michelle although that's an odd contrast I admit.

Thank you!! I did try to time the final Chappelle shot with the "end of the world" thing. Yeah.

[hwconundrum.livejournal.com]

I wanted to include that kind of personal "this is the end of my world" feeling and then kind of contrasted Jack and Michelle although that's an odd contrast I admit.

[nods] And that came across in the video... to me, anyway, though I did have the benefit of knowing about the interview where Matt Bellamy said that and knowing that you'd been told about it. :)

In other news, my typing appears to have improved overnight. Huzzah!

[whenidream.livejournal.com]

Hey...I found this a while ago and only recently decided to look for it again, since I remember I thought it was amazing. And this time I actually use LJ, so I just thought I'd say how much I love it. Which would be a lot.